Coin-controlled amusement device.



PATENTED SEPT. 29, 1903'.

R. H. HARTLEY. COIN CONTROLLED AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

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R. H.' HARTLEY. COIN CONTROLLED AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

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UNITED STAT S Patented September 29, 1903. PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT H. HARTLEY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

COIN-CONTROLLED ATM U-SEMENT DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 739,865, dated September 29, 1903. Application filed September 15, 1902. Serial No. 123,390. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. HARTLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement'in Coin-Controlled Amusement Devices, of which improvement the following is a specification.

My invention relates to coin-controlled amusement devices; and its object is to provide a device of the above description especially adapted to record the force of a blow.

In the drawings like characters of reference refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a rear view of my device with the cover removed. Fig. 2 is a similar side view. Fig. 3 is a front view of my dial.

Of the characters used in the drawings, 1 indicates the front board, at the rear of which is the case 2. The side boards 3, bottom 4, and top 5 form this case, wherein is held the principal portion of my releasing and registering mechanism. A rear board or cover 6 is removably attached to the case to aiford access to the mechanism. It is obvious that doors may be provided, if desired, in any or all of these parts to permit the same access. Attached to the top board 5, preferably at the outer edge thereof, are hinges 7, which are in turn attached to the striking-board 8. The hinges 7 serve to support one side of the striking-board, while the other is supported by means of stops 9. It is apparent that there is a plurality of both the hinges 7 and the stops 9, those shown in Fig. 2 being in front of and covering the remainder. Attached to the top board 5 are standards 10, having an opening therein through which passes a plunger 11, the base of which is attached to the strikingboard 8. The lower part of this plunger is enlarged and threaded, and a nut-and washer 12 are held thereon. A spring 13 is held between this washer and the standard 10, the tension of which is regulated by the movement of the nut. The top board 5 carries thereon the standard 14, provided with the guide 14 and the pulley 14 This board also bears standard 15 and pulley 15.

A bar 16, having the lugs 16" and 16 thereon, is held to move in guides-17 and 18. A

. cord 19 passes over the pulleys above mentioned and carries the striking-bag 20. A nut 21, held on the lower end of this bar, regulates the tension of the spring 22. A stop 23 limits the downward motion of said bar. A catch 24, having an arm 24, is held to keep said bar in its raised position and is connected, by means of the arm 25 passing through the opening 26, the wire 27, and spring 27, to the striking-board 8. Alock-lever 28, held in position by the spring 28 and adjustingscrew 28, engages the lug 16 to hold said bar from rising. A lever 29 engages this lever 28 to lock same "in position. This lever 29 is held in position by means of spring 29 and screw 29". -An armature 29 is attached to the end of this lever. A magnet 30 is held to operateon this armature and is connected to the battery 31 by the wire 32. A lever 33 is mounted between stops 34.and 35. A coin-slot 36 is formed in the front board 1, and 37 designates a pivoted plate, which is mounted below the lower end of said chute.

-A wire 38 runs from the magnet 30 t0 the stop 34, and a wire 39 runs from the battery 31 to the pivoted portion 37. A spring 37 and screw 37 normally hold portion 37 raised. When, however, a coin is dropped in the slot,

the portion 37 is depressed and completes the circuit, thus exciting the magnet.

A dial 40, having a spindle 41, is mounted on the front of the board. 1, the spindle extending therethrough. On this spindle and held to rotate therewith is a drum 42 and ratchet-wheel 43, an arm 44 and cord 45 connecting said drum to the striking-board 8. A counterweight 47 is also connected to said drum by the cord 48. A pawl 46 is pivoted on a pin 46 and is connected to a lever 50 by the wire 49. This lever bears an. armature 51, held below a magnet 52, connected to the battery 31 by the wirev 53 and to the stop 34 by the wire 54. hen a coin is dropped in the slot and the circuit closed,,the armat'ure 51 will be drawn against the magnet 52. The pawl 46 will be released from the ratchet 43, allowing the indicating-dial held by the pawl to return to zero. A receptacle 55 is provided for the reception of the coin.

The operation of my device is as follows: The ratchet-wheel is normally locked by the pawl 46 in the position indicating the pre vious test. When a coin is dropped in the slot, it tilts the plate 37, which closes an electric circuit which will energize the magnets 30 and 52, whereby the armatures in said magnets will cause the angle-lever 29 to be tilted upon its pivot-pin, thereby releasing the catch 28, and also the pawl 46 will be drawn by the armature 50 out of contact'with the ratchet-wheel. As soon as the pawl is released from the ratchet-wheel the weight 47 will cause the ratchet-wheel to rotate by the unwinding of the rope 48 on the drum, which rotates with said ratchet-wheel. During the interval inwhich the weight is falling it is necessary that the operator pull down on the striking-bag 20, whereupon the latch 24 will engage the lug 16 and hold the same in an elevated position against the tension of the spring 22. The moment the weight 47 strikes the tilting plate 33 the inner end of the latter will be thrown up into the position shown in dotted lines and cause the plate 37 to dump the coin into the box 55. The moment the plate 37 tilts the electric circuit is broken and the pawl 46 returns to its normal position in engagement with the ratchet-wheel, and the angle-lever 29 will also return to the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings with one end of said lever underneath the catch 28. Upon being struck the bag leaves the board 8, releases the catch 24 and the spring 25 to force the bar 16 down, and lifts the striking-bag to its original position. As the board 8 is moving by the impact of the blow the cord 45 will unwind from the drum, which rotates with the ratchet-wheel 43, and the indicator upon the shaft carrying the ratchet-wheel will indicate the force of the blow upon a suitable dial. As the cord 45 unwinds the cord 48 will wind upon the drum and raise the weight from the tilting plate 33, and the apparatus will be in readiness for another operation. As the ratchet-wheel ceases to rotate by the blow which is imparted to the board 8 it will be held in the position it stops by the pawl 46, which rides idly over the teeth thereon when rotating in one direction, thus holding the pointer in an indicating position adjacent to the dial.

I do not desire to confine myself to the exact form of my device herein shown and described, but wish to include all such as properly come within the scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. A coin-controlled device comprising in combination with a frame, a spring-actuated bar hinged at one end to said frame, a dial and shaft, a drum rotating with said shaft, a rope winding about said drum and connected to said spring-actuated bar, a ratchet-wheel rotating with the drum, an electrically-operated pawl engaging said ratchet wheel, a striking-bag, a spring-pressed rod, means for locking and releasing said spring-pressed rod,

coincontrolled mechanism for closing an electric circuit to release said pawl and rod, and connections between said rod and striking-bag, as set forth.

2. A coin-controlled apparatus comprising a frame, a spring-pressed bar hinged at one end to said frame, a dial-shaft with dial mounted thereon, a drum rotating with said shaft, a ratchet-wheel rotating with the drum. an electrically-operated pawl engaging said ratchet, a rope winding about said drum connected to the free end of said spring-actuated bar, a spring-actuated rod having lugs on opposite sides thereof, a catch adapted to engage one of said lugs, spring-actuated connections between said catch and hinged bar, a spring-pressed pawl engaging the lug on the opposite side of said spring-actuated rod, an angle-lever engaging said spring-pawl, an electromagnet, electric connections, an means for closing the circuit as the coin is insert-ed in the apparatus, whereby said pawls are actuated to release the ratchet-wheel and the spring-pressed rod, and means for breaking the circuit to allow the pawls to return to their normal positions, as set forth.

3. A coin-controlled apparatus comprising a frame, a bar hinged at one end to said frame, a plunger mounted at the opposite end of said bar, abracket upon an extension of the frame, a spring interposed between said bracket and bar mounted about said plunger, a dial-shaft, a dial rotating therewith, a drum upon said shaft,a ratchet-wheel rotating with said drum, a rope winding about said drum and connected to said hinged bar, a spring-pressed rod 16 with lugs on opposite edges thereof, a striking-bag, rope connections between the same and said spring-actuated rod, a catch designed to engage one of said lugs, springactuated connections between said catch and hinged bar, a pivoted spring-actuated pawl adapted for engagement with the lug on the opposite edge of the spring-actuated rod, an electromagnet 30, an angle-lever 29 with an armature thereon, designed to hold said spring-actuated pawl in the path of one of said lugs when the circuit is broken, a lug adapted to engage said ratchet-wheel, an electromagnet 52, an armature adjacent thereto and connected with said ratchet-engaging pawl, electrical connections with said magnets, a counterbalance, a rope connected to the same and passing about said drum, a pivoted bar 33 adapted to be engaged by said counterbalance, and a tilting coin-operated plate designed to contact with said pivoted bar, as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT-H. HARTLEY.

In presence of- M. E. HARRISON, LoUIs Monsnn.

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